Are You Ready for Some Rugby?

Cuchulainn · June 28th, 2020, 2:59 pm

Understandable. That's much shorter than "Tyson Fury, the Leeds United rugber".

Wonder how he would fare against this yokozuna

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuJu4fDjeWM

katastrofa · June 28th, 2020, 10:03 pm

On pushing (no punching), I'd bet on yokozuna: The Gypsy King is a tall guy on long thin legs.

Cuchulainn · June 29th, 2020, 9:34 am

'Phenomenal' to be nominated as senator, says Travellers' rights campaigner

https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0628/1150150-eileen-flynn/

And now she's going to study at Trinity College.

katastrofa · June 30th, 2020, 6:06 pm

"We lead the world in quantum computing, in life sciences, in genomics, in AI, space satellites, net zero planes, and in the long term solutions to global warming - wind, solar, hydrogen technology, carbon capture and storage, nuclear." - Boris Johnson

Cuchulainn · June 30th, 2020, 6:54 pm

"We lead the world in quantum computing, in life sciences, in genomics, in AI, space satellites, net zero planes, and in the long term solutions to global warming - wind, solar, hydrogen technology, carbon capture and storage, nuclear." - Boris Johnson

And still they can't write medium-sized C programs.
Delusional.

katastrofa · June 30th, 2020, 7:31 pm

But we lead in rugby, right?

I think British science is cargo cult science: people who achieve success pat on the back and praise each other, so we do the second part and expect a miracle.

Apropos satellites, I wonder if this is true: 'We've bought the wrong satellites': UK tech gamble baffles experts